The Boll Weevil Song - Brook Benton
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by:Traditional
Let me tell ya a story about a boll weevil
让我给你讲个棉铃象鼻虫的故事
Now some of you may not know
或许你们有些人还不知道
But a boll weevil is an insect
这棉铃象鼻虫啊是种小虫
And he's found mostly where cotton grows
最爱在棉花地里安家落户
Now where he comes from hm nobody really knows
它从何处来 没人说得清
But this is way the the story goes
但故事是这么传的
The farmer said to the boll weevil
农夫对着象鼻虫说道
I see you're on the square
我看你倒是光明正大
Boll weevil said to the farmer
棉铃象鼻虫对农夫说道
Say yep my whole darn family's here
是啊 我们全家都在这儿安家了
Gonna have a home
要在这里安家
Gonna have a home
要在这里安家
The farmer said to the boll weevil
农夫对着象鼻虫说道
Say why do you pick my farm
你为何偏要选我的农场
The weevil just laughed at the farmer 'n' said
象鼻虫只是笑着回答农夫
We ain't gonna do ya much harm
我们不会对你造成太大伤害
We are loving the home
我们已把这里当成了家
And the boll weevil spotted a lightning bug
这时棉铃象鼻虫看见一只萤火虫
He said hey I'd like to make a trade with you
它说 嘿 我想和你做个交易
But ya see if I was a lightning bug
但你要知道 如果我是萤火虫
I'd search the whole night through
我会整夜寻找光明
Sudden but home
虽然突然 但这里已是家
I've be with you home
我会一直与你相伴在这片家园
And the boll weevil called the farmer 'n' he said
棉铃象鼻虫对农夫说道
Ya better sell your old machines
你最好卖掉那些旧机器
'Cause when I'm through with your cotton
因为等我吃完你的棉花
Heh you can't even buy gasoline
嘿 你连汽油都买不起
I'm gonna treat me your home
我要把这儿当成自己家
Gotta have a home
必须得有个家
And the boll weevil said to the farmer said farmer
棉铃象鼻虫又对农夫说 农夫啊
I'd like to wish you well
我祝你一切顺利
Farmer said to the boll weevil
农夫对棉铃象鼻虫说
Yeah an' I wish that you were in home
我真希望你能安分守己
Looking for a home
寻找一个家
Looking for a home
寻找一个家
Ahh you have a home all right you have a home
你明明有家可归 你确实有家
A real hot home ahhh
一个酷热难耐的家啊